How September 11 changed air travel

Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist event that forever changed air travel, and I thought what better way to commemorate this day than by remembering what air travel was…

Round up of New Year offers

Oceania Cruises launches £50 booking incentive Oceania Cruises is launching a booking incentive where travel agents can receive a £50 Love to Shop voucher for any booking made between 1st…

香港太古旗下迈阿密东隅酒店开业

5月31日,香港太古酒店(Swire Hotels)的首家美国酒店正式开业。迈阿密东隅酒店(East Miami)将是太古酒店东隅品牌在美国开设的首间酒店,也是太古地产斥资10.5亿美元、总面积达540万平方英尺的Brickell City Centre综合发展项目的重要组成部分。…

Red Roof在泰国新开多家经济型酒店

Red Roof,总部位于美国的低成本酒店集团,宣布了新计划将在泰国新建多所酒店。 Red Roof和曼谷的Paragon酒店签署了协议,将共同推出一系列新建的酒店,首期项目将于2016年正式开始。 Red Roof计划在泰国全面扩张业务,在2017年至2020年期间将在重要的旅游景点附近新建多家酒店。 “Red…

香港旅游发展局-中国能吸引超过83m 邮轮乘客

“Cruise Shipping Miami”开幕式当天,两份新报告表示大中国区只要能升级区域港口的基础设施就能发展巨大的市场潜力。“Asia Cruise Potential & Passenger Behaviour Study”显示大中国区内的客源市场能带来83百万邮轮乘客。仅香港能吸引大约54百万个邮轮乘客。…

Hilton launches Canopy brand

Hilton Worldwide has launched a new hotel brand that it thinks will ‘redefine’ lifestyle-driven hotels. The new Canopy by Hilton brand will look to target potential guests by their…

Cruise in Brief

Norwegian Cruise Line has ordered an additional two new Breakaway-Plus cruise ships. The new ships will be built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany that will delivered in the second…

Double growth for Skyscanner

Flight comparison site Skyscanner has seen its business double during 2013, the fastest in three years. Its mobile strategy and global reach has seen its revenue increase 96% to…

UK staff appointments

Martin Jones has been named senior vice president for global sourcing and product development at GTA. Jones was previously VP sourcing Asia Pacific and in his new role succeeds Ivan…

MAS signs US codeshare

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has signed a new codeshare agreement American Airlines that will give it access to five cities in the US. Effective this week, the arrangement enables MAS…

APAC boosts Skyscanner results

Business in the Asia Pacific region has helped Skyscanner towards bookings of more than GBP2.2 billion for 2012, it has revealed. The Edinburgh-based travel search site said its EBITDA has…

Crystal unveils 2015 World Cruise

Crystal Cruises has revealed early details of its 2015 World Cruise. The voyage, which will mark the company's 20th World Cruise and Crystal Cruises' 25th anniversary, will feature a brand…

On The Deck: Adolfo Perez

You have now been in your role over here in the UK for almost six months. How have you found the transition period and how are you enjoying the life in the UK? Living and…

Latin American Briefs

American boost Brazil  American Airlines has expanded its range of services between Miami and Brazil, with the launch of a new route and added frequencies on two existing services. Last…

Sanya to become golf capital

Sanya is emerging as one of the hottest golf destination in Asia Pacific and will eventually rival traditional destinations such as Hawaii and Miami. This is the view of Michel Goget,…

America in Brief

US aims to attract 100 million visitors  The USA is planning to boost visitor arrivals to the country by more than 60% over the next 10 years. Under the country's new National Travel and…

Nikki Beach to expand in Asia

Nikki Beach, the luxury lifestyle and resort brand, will expand its Asian presence with the addition of six more locations. Singapore-based real estate developer, The Castlewood Group, will…